Glugea
Glugea is a genus of microsporidian parasites, predominantly infecting fish.
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| Class: | Haplophasea |
| Order: | Glugeida |
| Family: | Glugeidae |
| Genus: | Glugea |
Species include
- Glugea anomala
- Glugea atherinae
- Glugea capverdensis - a parasite of the fish Myctophum punctatum
- Glugea caulleryi - a parasite of the greater sand eel Hyperoplus lanceolatus (a teleost fish)
- Glugea heraldi - a parasite of the seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Glugea hertwigi - a parasite of the smelts Osmerus eperlanus and Osmerus mordax
- Glugea merluccii - a parasite of the fish Merluccius hubbsi
- Glugea nagelia - a parasite of the yellowfin hind, Cephalopholis hemistiktos[1]
- Glugea plecoglossi
- Glugea sardinellensis - a parasite of fish of the genus Sardinella[2]
- Glugea shiplei - a parasite of fish of the genus Trisopterus
- Glugea stephani - a parasite of the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus (a pleuronectid flatfish)
- Glugea vincentiae - a parasite of the Australian marine teleost fish, Vincentia conspersa
- Glugea weissenbergi
References
- Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S.; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Rocha, Sonia; Dkhil, Mohamed A.; Casal, Graca; Azevedo, Carlos (2015). "Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Glugea nagelia sp. n. (Microsporidia: Glugeidae), infecting the intestinal wall of the yellowfin hind, Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Actinopterygii: Serranidae), from the Red Sea". Folia Parasitologica. 62. doi:10.14411/fp.2015.007. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 25960551.
- http://www.ejournals.eu/Acta-Protozoologica/2016/Issue-4/art/8478/
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